PHP 4 Deathwatch: February 5, 2008
Back in May, I posted about the PHP developer community’s desire to kill off PHP 4 and why that’s not so simple. (“How to Kill PHP 4?”) PHP 5 has been out for years and PHP 6 is on its way. My view back then was that the best approach was just to set an end of life date and plan for it.
A lot of people agree with me. Go PHP 5 has set February 5, 2008 as the execution date. There’s even a countdown clock! Right now there are 213 days left before a long list of software projects (including Drupal, phpMyAdmin, Typo3 and Symfony) and a number of web hosts make PHP 5.2.0 their minimum requirement. News of the switch is spreading and generating buzz. The Go PHP 5 announcement has over 800 diggs.
Your project can make the switch too and be part of their growing list. Of if you don’t have a big name project, you can encourage your web host to commit to the date, or pick a new web host who will. It’s simple: vote with your feet. Web hosts will go where their customers go.
You hear that PHP 4?… That is the sound of inevitability… It is the sound of your death…
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